: Alexander Onysko, Sascha Michel
: Cognitive Perspectives on Word Formation
: De Gruyter Mouton
: 9783110223606
: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]ISSN
: 1
: CHF 159.40
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: English
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This volume is the first one to illuminate diverse aspects of word formation from cognitive perspectives. Guided by methodological pluralism, the contributions shed light on a variety of issues in word formation theory and on the interfaces between word formation and phraseology, phonology, and inflection. The majority of the studies focuses on individual types of word formation, reframing our understanding of these processes. Overall, the various contributions add to a yet marginal body of research in cognitive word formation and advance our awareness about the benefits of applying cognitive linguistic thoughts for investigating processes of lexical creation.


Alexander Onysko, Universität Innsbruck, Austria;Sascha Michel, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Germany.

Acknowledgments5
Table of contents7
Introduction: Unravelling the cognitive in word formation9
Part I Theory and interfaces in word formation35
Word-formation or word formation? The formation of complex words in Cognitive Linguistics37
On the viability of cognitive morphology for explaining language change83
(Re)defining component structures in morphological constructions: A Cognitive Grammar perspective105
Between phonology and morphology135
The role of grammatical gender in noun-formation: A diachronic perspective from Norwegian155
Adjective + Noun constructions between syntax and word formation in Dutch and German203
Part II Theory and processes of word formation225
Setting limits on creativity in the production and use of metaphorical and metonymical compounds227
Casting the conceptual spotlight: Hybrid compounding in German as an example of headframe internal specifier selection251
Does love come from to love or to love from love? Why lexical motivation has to be regarded as bidirectional309
Doubler-upper nouns: A challenge for usage-based models of language?343
The influence of morphological structure on the processing of German prefixed verbs383
Harvesting and understanding on-line neologisms407
Subject index429
Contributors437